pīng

chivalrous knight

Origin unclear.

Components

Unknown component
yóu cause

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Unknown component
kǎo, qiǎo, yú axe handle

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpheng[p.l̥]ˤeŋ frank words (Shuōwén)

說文解字

《說文》:“甹,亟詞也。从丂,从由。或曰:甹,俠也。(三輔)謂輕財者為甹。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.419
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica